Bakker, Caitlin JRiegelman, Amy2017-12-272017-12-272017-12-27https://hdl.handle.net/11299/192228Our data is comprised of one CSV file in which we record observations of 144 previously retracted articles. These articles were identified through the Retraction Watch database. We conducted searches across seven bibliographic databases (publisher sites, MEDLINE via Ovid, PsycINFO via Ovid, EBSCO databases, Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed) to determine how the retracted status of these publications was represented.Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United Stateshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/publishingretractionsbibliographic dataBibliographic records of retracted publications in the mental health literatureDatasethttps://doi.org/10.13020/D6539D